# escaldar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin excaldāre, from Latin cal(i)dus (“hot”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəlˈda]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.kalˈdaɾ]

### Verb

escaldar (first-person singular present escaldo, first-person singular preterite escaldí, past participle escaldat)
* (transitive) to scald, to blanch
* (transitive) to chafe
* (transitive, figurative) to give an unpleasant surprise
* (pronominal) to suffer windburn

#### Derived terms

* escaldabec
* escaldada
* escaldadura
* escaldament
* escaldat

#### Related terms

* cald

### Further reading

* “escaldar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Late Latin excaldāre, from Latin cal(i)dus (“hot”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskalˈðaɾ/

### Verb

escaldar (first-person singular present escaldo, first-person singular preterite escaldei, past participle escaldado)
* (transitive) to scald (to burn with hot water)
* to add hot water to a dough

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* escaldadura
* escaldazo
* rescaldar
* rescaldo

#### Related terms

* caldo

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escaldar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “escaldar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escaldar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “escaldar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escaldar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Late Latin excaldāre, from Latin cal(i)dus (“hot”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kawˈda(ʁ)/ [is.kaʊ̯ˈda(h)], /es.kawˈda(ʁ)/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kawˈda(ʁ)/ [is.kaʊ̯ˈda(h)], /es.kawˈda(ʁ)/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.kawˈda(ɾ)/ [is.kaʊ̯ˈda(ɾ)], /es.kawˈda(ɾ)/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈda(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.kawˈda(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kaʊ̯ˈda(χ)], /eʃ.kawˈda(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kaʊ̯ˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.kawˈda(ɻ)/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈda(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kalˈdaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.kaɫˈdaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kalˈdaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.kaɫˈdaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kalˈda.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.kaɫˈda.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: es‧cal‧dar

### Verb

escaldar (first-person singular present escaldo, first-person singular preterite escaldei, past participle escaldado)
* to scald

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* escaldão
* escaldadiço

### Further reading

* “escaldar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “escaldar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “escaldar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin excaldāre, from Latin cal(i)dus (“hot”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskalˈdaɾ/ [es.kal̪ˈd̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧cal‧dar

### Verb

escaldar (first-person singular present escaldo, first-person singular preterite escaldé, past participle escaldado)
* (transitive) to scald
* (reflexive) to get sore, to chafe, to excoriate
    Synonyms: escocer, cocer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* escaldadura
* gato escaldado del agua fría huye
* rescaldar

### Further reading

* “escaldar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10